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United States Patent | 6,052,288 |
Roscoe ,   et al. | April 18, 2000 |
An apparatus is provided for coupling a printed circuit board within a printed circuit board cage. The apparatus includes a baseplate and a latch. The baseplate is mounted to the printed circuit board. The latch is rotatably coupled to the baseplate. The latch includes a pivoting portion, a shaft, and a swell nut. The pivoting portion includes an ejector extending from an end of the pivoting portion. The ejector is engageable with the printed circuit board cage. The shaft is coupled to the pivoting portion. The swell nut is coupled to the shaft and engageable with the printed circuit board cage.
Inventors: | Roscoe; Brett D. (Tomball, TX); Megason; George D. (Spring, TX); Allen; Joseph R. (Tomball, TX) |
Assignee: | Compaq Computer Corp. (Houston, TX) |
Appl. No.: | 306133 |
Filed: | May 6, 1999 |
Current U.S. Class: | 361/798; 361/752; 361/753; 361/754; 361/801 |
Intern'l Class: | H05K 007/14 |
Field of Search: | 361/752-754,798,801 439/79,136-138,151-152,377 |
4638405 | Jan., 1987 | Smith | 361/399. |
4996631 | Feb., 1991 | Freehauf | 361/415. |
5629836 | May., 1997 | Wright | 361/755. |